Washing machine



0. H. ELIEL.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPHCATION FILED SEPT 7. I920.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.,

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was'nme MACHINE.

Application filed September 7, 1920. Serial No. 408,502.

' hereby declare that the following is a full,

specification.

clear, and exact description-of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawand to the numerals of reference ings which form a part of this marked thereon,

This invention relates to an apparatus for washing, treating and drying clothes, in

which centrifugal force and other means may be utilized to control the washing, rinsirig or bluing fluid which-may be contained in an independent vessel, and in which gravity acts to return the water to the-fluid ves sel.- After the clothes have been properly washed and treated for dr ing purposes, it is contemplated that the duidbe removed from the vessel or shut off from the olo hes holder in suitable manner. so'that the clothes may be speedily dried in the centrifugal container without having been subjected to a wringing process.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a washing machine that contains a centrifugal washer that may be utilized as a clothes dryer.

It is a further object of this inventionto utilize centrifugal force or some agency to draw the washing fluid from.a fluid contai.ner to the clothes container and spray it tainer.

Other objects and advantages arise from the means and mechamsm,-their arrange nent and structure as will be more apparent from the following description and disclosures in the drawings.

- My invention (in a preferred form) is i-l-- lustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical section through my improved washing machine.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on the line44 of F1 are 1.

lgure 5 is an elevational view of my improved washing machine.

F gure 6 is a top plan view of the same.

F1gure 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of F1 are 5.

lgure 8 is a fragmentary section of a centrifugal clothes container that may be used in my machine.

Figure 9 is a section similar to Figure 1 showlng the operation of the washing machine.

As shown in the drawings:

Referring now to the drawings, in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the different views, the numeral 1 represents a fluid holder or receptacle for containing the suds, rinsing or bluing water or any preparation that may be used in the In order .to

6" is removably secured to the outlet of said fluid return pipe 6 and is adapted to remove foreign matter from the fluid circulating therethrough. Access to said strainer to remove the foreign matter may be conveniently had through a suitable opening 6" in the cover 3. The casing 3 is preferably of cylindrical form having a journal hearing centrally of the" bottom thereof to receive a hollow vertical rotatable bearing member 7 supported in a box 8 extending into the fluid rece tacle and secured to the cover thereof. Thrust hearings 9 are preferably placed between the bottom of the box and the bottom of the bearing member. The cover of the fluid receptacle is provided with a centralopening to receive the member 7 and support the same in bearings 10. The hear- The upper portion of the member 7 is also provided with a flange 13 for supporting the centrifugal clothes container 14. This clothes container maybe of any suitable construction, but l prefer to make the same of corrugated sheet metal which can be easily stamped into proper shape or form. The. walls of the container are provided with a plurality of holes 15 through which the fluid can escape from the container.

lu order to draw the fluid into the. clothes container during the washing o mration so that it mav be dashed or sprayed against the clothes. dill'crcnt means may be provided, but in the present embodiment of my invention the, following mechanism has been illustrated as preferable: cylindrical and funnel-shaped member 16 havlng a plnralit of apertures 17 in its upper portion exten s through a central aperture in the container [4, through the hollow bearing 7 and through the bearing 9 and bottom of box 8 to a point well within the fluid receptacle, the narrow )ortion of the member 16 being located in the fluid receptacle and the pcrforated upper portion being in the clothes container, the member 16 being firmly secured in the bearing 7 so as to rotate therewith.. The slope of the funnel-shaped member should be so designed that sullicient fluid will be swept upwardly through centrifugal force to properly wash the clothes, according to the desired speed. It is well known that as the slope of the 'fllHIWl-SlHlpt'Al member decreases in respect to a horizontal plane, the more fluid will be swept upwardly and less speed will be required. lint the question of s ope and speed is a matter of judgment and selection for the designing engineer, and it is contemplated that such variations may be resorted to as are conformable to good practice. And to facilitate the ascent and increase the, volume of fluid up the slope of the funnel member 16 as it is rapidly revolving, some means interiorly thereof is provided which in the present embodiment of my invention is represented as consisting of s irally arranged mechanism com prising angles 19 secured to the inner wall of said member 16 and arranged in an inclined and spiral formation; the outstanding legs of which lift the washing suds during the rotation of the member. This spirally arranged mechanism may extend from the perforations 15 to the lower end of the member 16, or any point adjacent thereto.

The centrifugal clothes container with its appurtenances is revolved by means of a. motou 19 supported upon a bracket 19 which drives a friction gear 20 which in turn drives a friction gear 21 on the revoluble bearing 7 which supports said centrifugal container 14. The motor shaft 22, which supports the gear 20, mayextend through a bearing in one of the supporting means of the drain pipe 25 and the valve 26,

thus allowing the centrifugal container to run dry and perform the drying operation.

It is often desirable that the rinsing and bluing of the clothes in the container 14 be accomplished without drawing the. washing fluid from the container 1, and to effect this purpose a baffle plate 100 may be removably secured in thefunnel member 16 so that when said plate is in position therein fluid from the container 1 is prevented from flowing upwardly therethrough. In order to prevent the flow of the rinsing or bluing fluid from said container 14 into the container 1 through the conduit 6, a three-way valve 102 is provided in said conduit and thus fluid therein may be prevented from flowing into the container 1 and may be drawn outwardly through a suitable spigot or nozzle 101. The battle plate 100 as shown is provided with a; peripheral flange which is adapted to frictionally engage the tapered inner sides of the funnel member 16 and a suitable handle 103 is provided on said plate for inserting and removing the same. If dcsired, said baflle plate may be secured in the funnel member by a breech block screw lock or other suitable means.

V The operation is as follows:

The clothes to be washed are put in the centrifugal container 14 by removing the cover 27 as shown in Figure 9; the. washing fluid is put in the receptarlc 1 and the motor started to rapidly revolve the container 14; the centrifugal force created by the rapidly revolving funnel member 16 with its spirally arranged plates 18 will draw the washing fluid from the receptacle 1 up to the centrifugal container 14 where it will be dashed through the perforations 15 and against the clothes by centrifugal force; the funnelshaped member 16 being so designed as to extend well into the container for this purpose. The suds or washing fluid will pass through the clothes and through the apertures 15 in the container and return through the return pipe 6 to the fluid receptacle. If the clothes should be unusually dirty, they may be agitated while in the container to hasten the washing process. When the clothes are sufiiciently washed, the suds may be drawn oil through the drain pipe 25 by opening the valve 26. Rinsing fluid may next be put into the receptacle 1 and the clothes rinsed by the same centrifugal action. Thereafter bluing fluid may be substituted for the rinsin fluid and the process repeat ed, and any 0t er treatment may follow until the clothes are prepared to be dried. When this stage has arrived, the fluid is withdrawn from the receptacle; the rapidly revolving centrifugal container will soon cause the remaining moisture to leave the clothes and dry the same under the high centrifugal speed.

It will accordingly be observed that my invention embodies a new system of washing clothes in which a circulative system of fluid is utilized which may be d to allow the clothes to be immediately dried in the container, and which thus dispenses with the wringer mechanism now so commonly used.

I am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not pur se limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a washing machine, a fluid holder, a revoluble bearing supported thereon, a clothes container secured to said bearing and revoluble therewith, a funnelshaped member having a perforated portion in said container and extending through said bearing and into said fluid holder, and means for revolving said bearing and container.

2. In a washing machine, a fluid holding receptacle, a casing supported thereon and communicating therewith, a revoluble and perforated clothes container supported in said casing, a funnel-shaped member extending centrally throughsaid container and entering said receptacle, and means for revolving said member and container to cause the fluid to rise in said member to said container and be dashed through said container.

In a washing machine, a casing supported thereon eating therewith, a centrifugal clothes container rotatably supported in said casing, a funnel-shaped member mounted centrally of said container to rotate therewith and extending into said fluid holder, rangedi means on the inner walls of said funnel-shaped member, and means to rotate said container.

4. In a washing machine, a rotary perforated clothes container having an elongate vertical bearing member attached thereto, a funnel-shaped member secured in said hearing and having a fluid holder, and communia spraying portion in said container and a plortion extending below said bearing, a fluid older containing the lower end of said member, and means to rotate said bearing member with said funnel-shaped member to draw fluid from said holder by centrifugal force and spray it in said container through said spraying portion.

5. In a washing machine, a washing fluid container, a casing mounted thereon and having a central bearing therein, a centrifugal clothes container in said a hollow cylindrical bearing attached to said clothes container an extending through said central bearing, a bearing box in the upper end of said fluid container for supporting said cylindrical bearing, and a tapering fluid lifting tube supported in said cylindrical bearing and extending from said fluid container into said clothes container and provided with a perforated portion in sai clothes container.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnemes.

OSCAR H. ELIEL.

EARL M. HARDINE.

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